Bug Stomp

The numbers are for jumping to different days. Click the "1" on the right and you move one day forward in the transcripts.

I keep getting logged out.

Are you using AOL?

No. Sometimes it's ok and sometimes it just keeps loging me out.

Bass: Do not question the almighty Bass!
Steve Slacker: Why would I ever oppugn?

oppugn???

Maybe he means "impugn"?

How come my bot thinks "knock knock" is an insult even though I've given a response for it?

I had a play around in debug and I think I got an answer for you linloth. It seems that when the input contains a negative verb, eg the phrase 'I hate you', the preprocess identifies the negative verb and assumes that the bot has been insulted and then goes to xinsult. Knock as a verb when related to a person is not particularly nice, given that knocking some one down is never friendly, and that to knock someone is usually considered the same as mocking them. Unfortunately it seems that keyphrases don't get checked once a negative verb is identified. It just goes straight to xinsult. I imagine this would affect a lot of people's phrases, not just knock knock.

Yes, it affects about 10% of all of my responses. I know my bot could be a lot better if keyphrases had priority over xinsult resonses.

Heero has a knock knock keyphrase; I ended up giving it an importance level of 30, so if you ask him to tell you a knock knock joke, he won't get offended. So far, that seems to be working for him.

God Louise: Oh, come on. When do I get to take this legendary day of rest, anyway?
Otherbot: What does do you get to take this day of rest class mean?
God Louise: Oh, I know you know what 'do you get to take day of rest class class' means!

i just used "Have you met (a_boy_name).? He says he's a (person). i think he's a bot. I mean, who would be a (person), a (person2) would be ok, but a (person) sheesh! Does the maker think I'm a complete idiot?"
as a respone and, "a (person2) would be ok" came out as
"a would be okay"
WHY?